Primary Sources are recorded or written down at the time of the event and include items such as diaries, letters, newspaper accounts, photographs, artifacts, literature, maps and government documents.
Learn more about how to recognize and use primary sources in your research via the MSU Libraries' Special Online Exhibit: Primary Sources.
Catalogue search of the holdings of the British Museum.
This resource brings together manuscript, printed and visual primary source materials for the study of 'Empire' and it's theories, practices and consequences. The materials span across the last five centuries and are accompanied by a host of secondary learning resources including scholarly essays, maps and an interactive chronology.
A wiki containing links to key internet sources of european history.
Catalogue of the digital archives of France's national library. Includes books, images, manuscripts, and periodicals.
A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts at Fordham University.
"The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper...valuable [national] records are preserved and are available to you, whether you want to see if they contain clues about your family’s history, need to prove a veteran’s military service, or are researching an historical topic that interests you."